百万美元假画拍卖引发法律激辩

短语讲解：

1. The painting in question depicts a naked woman believed to be Xu Beihong's wife, Jiang Biwei, in the 1920s.

in question考虑之中的; 被谈论着的
例句：The lady in question is not in office now.
所谈的那位女士现在没在办公室。

2. But recently, 10 artists who graduated from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s declared in an open letter that the work was actually painted by one of their classmates in May of 1983 as an assignment.

graduate from从…毕业
例句：He was graduated from a normal college.
他是一个师范学院的毕业生。

3. The painting made a very deep impression on me.

make an impression on给某人留下印象
例句：The new teacher make a good impression on the student.
新教师给学生留下了一个好印象。

4. My classmates found out about the auctioned painting first and then called me to take a look at the work.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发
例句：The manager had found him out and was going to sack him.
经理发觉了他的不轨行为, 打算炒他鱿鱼。

5. We are very familiar with all kinds of masterpieces from around the world, but we've never seen a painting by Xu Beihong like this.

be familiar with熟悉
例句：I am of course familiar with your work.
我当然熟悉你的工作。

6. To pass itself off as an authentic one, you've got to at least imitate the original masterpiece by heart, but this auctioned one is not even a counterfeit.

pass off冒充; 假装为
例句：He passed his wife off as a famous film star.
他让妻子冒充一个著名的电影明星。

7. They usually make up their own rules.

make up编造
例句：Tom makes up stories to amuse his little brother.
汤姆编故事逗他的小弟弟。

8. They are just a commercial entity, similar to a shopping mall.

similar to与…相似
例句：My problems are very similar to yours.
我的问题和你的差不多。

9. So don't expect that they can guarantee the authencity of the products they put up for auction.

put up提供
例句：The millionaire put up a lot of money for the church.
这位百万富翁为教会捐了许多钱。

10. Many collectors and law experts are calling for a change in the auction laws to maintain standards in the auction industry.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。